9619355

Booting Verification Method of Computer and Electronic Device

PublishedApril 11, 2017
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1. A booting verification method of a computer, comprising: determining whether a manufacturing mode indicator is present; establishing the manufacturing mode indicator and setting the manufacturing mode indicator to a predetermined value if the manufacturing mode indicator is absent, wherein the predetermined value is greater than or equal to 1; determining whether the manufacturing mode indicator is greater than 0 if the manufacturing mode indicator is present; entering a manufacturing booting mode and decreasing the manufacturing mode indicator if the manufacturing mode indicator is greater than 0; and entering a normal booting mode if the manufacturing mode indicator is not greater than 0.

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2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the manufacturing booting mode is stored in a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) flash memory.

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3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining whether the manufacturing mode indicator is present is performed during a pre-Extensible Firmware Interface initialization (pre-EFI) phase of a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

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4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of establishing and setting the manufacturing mode indicator is performed during a Driver Execution Environment (DXE) phase of the UEFI.

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5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined value is 10.

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6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of decreasing the manufacturing mode indicator, the manufacturing mode indicator is sequentially decreased by 1.

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7. The method according to claim 1 , after entering the manufacturing booting mode, further comprising: determining whether the booting of the computer is successful; activating a manufacturing booting configuration menu if the booting of the computer fails; and controlling a plurality of hardware components of the computer according to a configuration content of the manufacturing booting configuration menu.

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8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the manufacturing booting configuration menu comprises switches of the hardware components.

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9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the manufacturing booting configuration menu comprises configuration values of the hardware components.

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10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the hardware components are an IDE connector, an optical disk drive, a floppy disk drive or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector.

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11. An electronic device, comprising: a determining unit, for determining whether a manufacturing mode indicator is present; a storing unit; a configuring unit, for establishing and setting the manufacturing mode indicator in the storing unit to a predetermined value if the manufacturing mode indicator is absent, wherein the predetermined value is greater than or equal to 1; and a controlling unit; wherein, the determining unit further determines whether the manufacturing mode indicator is greater than 0 if the manufacturing mode indicator is present, the controlling unit controls a computer to enter a manufacturing booting mode and decreases the manufacturing mode indicator if the manufacturing mode indicator is greater than 0, and the controlling unit controls the computer to enter a normal booting mode if the manufacturing mode indicator is not greater than 0.

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12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the storing unit is an SPI flash memory.

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13. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the determining unit determines whether the manufacturing mode indicator is present during a pre-EFI phase of a UEFI.

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14. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the determining unit determines whether the manufacturing mode indicator is present during a DXE phase of a UEFI.

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15. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the predetermined value is 10.

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16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the manufacturing mode indicator is sequentially decreased by 1.

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17. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the determining unit further determines whether the booting of the computer is successful after the computer enters the manufacturing booting mode; and the controlling unit activates a manufacturing booting configuration menu if the booting of the computer fails and controls a plurality of hardware components of the computer according to a configuration content of the manufacturing booting configuration menu.

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18. The electronic device according to claim 17 , wherein the manufacturing booting configuration menu comprises switches of the hardware components.

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19. The electronic device according to claim 17 , wherein the manufacturing booting configuration menu comprises configuration values of the hardware components.

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20. The electronic device according to claim 17 , the hardware components are an IDE connector, an optical disk drive, a floppy disk drive or a USB connector.

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Publication Date

April 11, 2017

Inventors

Cheng-Te Chen
Wei-Chiang Tsou

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